Author Archives: Robert

a hidden ‘fingerprint’ in digital photos

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. For years professional photographers devised various means to identify date, subject, etc., data for each negative and print.  Amateurs were far less consistent, rarely ever marking negatives. Occasionally amateurs would use pencil or pen to annotate the back of … Continue reading →

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click, clack, clunk

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. The most important part of any single lens reflex (SLR) camera design is its mirror box. This amazing idea allows the rays from the subject, through the lens, redirected, and focussed on a ground glass at full aperture. With … Continue reading →

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don’t give me the gears

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. A short time after moving back to Montreal, I joined the company Camera Club and offered a shutter and lens test. This was with good reason. My trusty Exakta VXIIa had shown a wavy anomaly in my fast shutter tests … Continue reading →

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deep thoughts developing

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. My thanks to Annex Photo here in the big smoke for the image illustrating today’s post. Give them a try if you are one of those folk determined to use film and film cameras. Ever since I was a … Continue reading →

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it doesn’t matter anymore

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. In the early days of digital photography, the size of the sensor was very important. The larger the sensor, the lower the noise and the higher the sensitivity. This led to compact digital cameras and then digital SLR cameras … Continue reading →

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you know the end is near when …

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. All good things must come to an end as they say. And that is the case for the compact digital camera industry. I have been saying as much for a while now. The WCPHA said the same way back … Continue reading →

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photos submitted for prestige

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC president and my good friend Clint Hryhorijiw passed along this note from recent panellist Nicole Plaskett of the Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation (CHPF). Nicole writes, “I was speaking to Clint last week and let him know that CHPF … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain on Photography

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Mark Twain is a pseudonym used by American Sam Clemens in writing his books. As Mark Twain, he wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, books commonly read last century by children everywhere including me. The stories were also turned … Continue reading →

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keeping an eye out

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. As this late 1971 LIFE ad for Kodak illustrates, marketeers had to be creative and inspired to create new copy far faster than the engineers and designers could make new cameras with new features. This version of Kodak’s relatively … Continue reading →

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Amalgamated Newsletters 2-3

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. A good month so far, although my wife says we usually get snow later in March. Be that as it may, Editor Bob Lansdale has put together the latest amalgamation of newsletters in his supplement – Vol 2-3. All … Continue reading →

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